[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60043-60044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29738]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684''
AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations:
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965
(79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978
(43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June
27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the
objects on the list specified below, to be included in the exhibit,
``Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684,'' imported from abroad for the temporary
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement
with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or
display of the listed exhibit objects at the Wadsworth Atheneum, in
Hartford, Connecticut, from on or about December 17, 1998, to on or
about February 27, 1999, is in the national interest. Public Notice of
these determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General
Counsel, 202/619-6981, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.
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Dated: November 2, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-29738 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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